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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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Having a good discussion is like having riches
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What you give you get, ten times over
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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